By faith Abel offered unto
God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. CainGen 4:5

By faith
Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. translatedGen 5:24, 2nd Kings 2:11

But
without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. rewarderGen 15:1Psa 58:11, Psa 84:11

By faith Noah,
being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. preparedGen 6:22

By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a
place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

These all died in faith,
not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. seenMatt 13:17, 1st Peter 1:10

For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

And truly,
if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

But now they desire a better country, that is, an
heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. preparedMatt 25:34, 1st Cor 2:9

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, triedGen 22:1

And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings,
yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted,
were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; stoned2nd Chron 24:21, Neh 9:26, Matt 21:35, Matt 23:34

(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in
deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

And these all, having obtained a good
report through faith, received not the promise:

God having provided some better thing for us, that
they without us should not be made perfect. that theyRev 6:11